L2/14-066
Representation of the Brahmi and Kannada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya
Characters in the Code Charts
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Shriramana Sharma, jamadagni-at-gmail-dot-com, India
2014-Feb-07
It has already been demonstrated (see references below) that the
Brahmi, Sharada and Kannada characters for Jihvamuliya and Upadhmaniya
require special handling in rendering in that they go on top of the
*following* consonant.
In the charts, such characters requiring special handling in rendering
are depicted using a dotted box. This helps developers of fonts and
text shaping software to identify the special requirement of these
characters. See for example 0D4E MALAYALAM LETTER DOT REPH.
Under the present topic, for Sharada 111C2 and 111C3 SHARADA SIGN
JIHVAMULIYA/UPADHMANIYA are depicted thus.
However the corresponding Brahmi characters 11003 and 11004 are *not*
thus depicted in the Brahmi chart. Nor are the Kannada characters 0CF1
and 0CF2. This should be corrected and these characters should be
depicted using a dotted box.
I had already requested this for Brahmi in L2/12-020 p 2 but
apparently that was not attended to. Now I reiterate the request for
Brahmi and also for Kannada.
References:
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L2/10-330: On the Sharada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters -- Sharma
L2/10-330R: On the Brahmi and Sharada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters -- Sharma
L2/12-020: Wording re some Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters -- Sharma
L2/13-242: On the Kannada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters -- Srinidhi
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